1.President Roosevelt created the modern presidency by his leadership and publicity campaigns.
2.Roosevelt's intervention in a coal strike set a precedent for federal arbitration by threatening to take over mines.
3. Roosevelt prohibited wealthy railroad owners from colluding, and he also passed the Elkins Act. This act made it illegal for railroad officials to give, and shippers to receive rebates for using particular railroads. He overall limited the distribution of free railroad passes, and gave the ICC power to set maximum railroad rates.
4.The Meat Inspection act passed during Roosevelt's presidency, that was made to protect the health of citizens. This act demanded strict cleanliness for meat packers and created the program for federal meat inspection. The Pure food and Drug Act also passed, which stopped the sales of contaminated foods and medicines.
5.To protect the environment Roosevelt set aside 1.5 million acres of water-power sites and another 80 million acres of land that experts of the Geological Survey would explore for water and mineral resources. In conclusion Roosevelt established more than 50 wildlife sanctuaries and several national parks.
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Sunday, October 4, 2009
Urbanization
1. What is Urbanization?
Urbanization is the growth of cities.
2. For what reasons did a number of Americans move from the country to the cities?
After the huge technology outburst in the 19th century, many laborers were not needed in jobs because machines, who worked much more efficiently and faster, could now take over their jobs. They weren't needed so most laborers moved to cities. A number of Americans decided to move from the countries to the cities because cities were the most cheapest and most convenient places for immigrants to live; offering unskilled workers jobs in mills and factories.
3. What were the housing problems that many poor city dwellers faced?
Poor city dwellers didn't have any money to afford a roomy apartment for their family. They had to live in a single blocked room, with little or no furniture, and the rooms were often musky, dirty, and not one bit sanitary. The rooms were about the size of a walk in closet now a days. But this is all that they could afford. These "homes" were knows as tenements, meaning overcrowded and unsanitary.
Urbanization is the growth of cities.
2. For what reasons did a number of Americans move from the country to the cities?
After the huge technology outburst in the 19th century, many laborers were not needed in jobs because machines, who worked much more efficiently and faster, could now take over their jobs. They weren't needed so most laborers moved to cities. A number of Americans decided to move from the countries to the cities because cities were the most cheapest and most convenient places for immigrants to live; offering unskilled workers jobs in mills and factories.
3. What were the housing problems that many poor city dwellers faced?
Poor city dwellers didn't have any money to afford a roomy apartment for their family. They had to live in a single blocked room, with little or no furniture, and the rooms were often musky, dirty, and not one bit sanitary. The rooms were about the size of a walk in closet now a days. But this is all that they could afford. These "homes" were knows as tenements, meaning overcrowded and unsanitary.
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